money had and received
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 301 U.S. 337 - Anniston Mfg Co v. Davis · 1937Most cited · 653 citing opinions
That action 'aims at the abstract justice of the case, and looks solely to the inquiry, whether the defendant holds money, which ex aequo et bono belongs to the plaintiff.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In pleading. The technical designation of a form of declaration in assumpsit, wherein the plaintiff declares that the defendant had and received certain money, _ etc. An action of assumpsit will lie, without regard to privity of contract, to recover money to which the plaintiff is entitled, and which in justice and equity, when no rule of policy or strict law prevents it, the defendant ought to refund to the plaintiff, and which he cannot with good conscience retain, on a count for money had and received. 6 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 369; 10 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 219; 1 Dall. (Pa.) 148; 2 Dall. (Pa.) 154; 3 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 175; 1 Har. (N. J.) 447; 1 Har. & G. (Md.) 258; 7 Mass. 288; 6 Wend, (N. Y.) 290; 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 488; Add. Cont. 230.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In pleading. The technical designation of a form of declaration in assumpsit, wherein the plaintiff declares that the defendant had and received certain money, etc.
Defined under Money in Black's Law Dictionary.